osf1 man page for strings

strings(1)						      General Commands Manual							strings(1)

NAME
       strings - Finds strings in an ASCII or binary file

SYNOPSIS
       strings [-aco] [-t format] [-n number] [file...]

   Obsolescent syntax
       strings [-] [-t format] [-number] [file...]

STANDARDS
       Interfaces documented on this reference page conform to industry standards as follows:

       strings:  XCU5.0

       Refer to the standards(5) reference page for more information about industry standards and associated tags.

OPTIONS
       Searches an entire object file, not just the initialized data space.  Searches only the comment section of the object file.  Sets the mini-
       mum string length (default: 4) to number.  Precedes each string by its offset (in octal) in the file.  Writes each string preceded  by  its
       byte offset from the start of the file. The format is dependent on the single character used as the format argument, as follows: The offset
       is written in decimal.  The offset is written in octal.	The offset is written in hexadecimal.  Sets the minimum string length (default: 4)
       to number.  (Obsolescent) Searches an entire object file, not just the initialized data space. (Obsolescent)

OPERANDS
       The name of a file to be searched for strings.

	      If you do not specify a file argument, strings reads from standard input.

DESCRIPTION
       A  string is any sequence of 4 or more printing characters ending with a newline or null character. The strings command is useful for iden-
       tifying random object files.

       [Tru64 UNIX]  If file specifies an archive file, output is generated for each archive member as if the command had been run on each archive
       member as a separate file. If -t is specified, the file offsets shown are relative to the beginning of the archive.

       [Tru64 UNIX]  The -a and -c options modify the default behavior of searching only in the initialized data space of object files.

NOTES
       [Tru64  UNIX]  The  -t format  option should be used when multiple files are specified as input. Without this option, it is not possible to
       determine which string is associated with which file.

EXIT STATUS
       The following exit values are returned: Successful completion.  An error occurred.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
       The following environment variables affect the execution of strings: Provides a default value for the internationalization  variables  that
       are  unset  or  null. If LANG is unset or null, the corresponding value from the default locale is used. If any of the internationalization
       variables contain an invalid setting, the utility behaves as if none of the variables had been defined.	 If  set  to  a  non-empty  string
       value,  overrides the values of all the other internationalization variables.  Determines the locale for the interpretation of sequences of
       bytes of text data as characters (for example, single-byte as opposed to multibyte characters in arguments and input files) and to identify
       printable  strings.   Determines  the  locale for the format and contents of diagnostic messages written to standard error.  Determines the
       location of message catalogues for the processing of LC_MESSAGES.

SEE ALSO
       Commands:  nm(1), od(1)

       Standards:  standards(5)

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